She worked quickly, but not because she considered the commission beneath her. It was simply the way she always approached her art. Preparation, fore… - Alastair Reynolds

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She worked quickly, but not because she considered the commission beneath her. It was simply the way she always approached her art. Preparation, forethought, hours of meditation, then an explosion of swift and decisive action, like the quick and merciful descent of a sword. Execution, in every sense of the word.